Friday, March 11, 2011

Day 11 - Repurposed

Next week you'll see an all new Design Team member featuring a card on the blog, but for today you get one last Friday card from me!

I've had this challenge in mind for a while and I'm thinking a lot of you have tried this or would like to, because it means making the most of your stash of paper.

It's titled "Repurposed" because even though a patterned paper was designed for a specific holiday or season, that doesn't mean it isn't suitable for another purpose.  So the specific challenge is to do just that -- find some paper in your stash that was intended for one holiday/season and give it a new life.

Here's my example:


I know, it's a little strange to see a Christmas card when we're a week away from St. Patrick's Day, but I've had this paper in my stash for a while now, and it was time to give it a new purpose.  It's some Scenic Route paper that is Valentine-themed, but it definitely works for Christmas, too.  In fact, I think I like it better this way.

So search among your patterned papers and see what you can repurpose...

6 comments:

Dale Tiernan said...

I've taken snowflake paper and made it into little fans.

creativeseconds said...

I took Halloween themed spider paper and made it into a birthday or thinking of you card for a little boy.

LaLa said...

I took Christmas paper and made it into a anytime card.

Lauren
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GrannyGoodwitch said...

A very original challenge. This Christmas paper seems well suited for St. Patrick's day.

Kathy D. said...

I turned Halloween paper into a birthday card!

Theatres Daughter said...

Halloween paper for a spring card!